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Showing 53115320 of 53777 articles for Art. al. 5 · Cass. com. 2 November 1994

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-6

…espect of a liability arising from a financial contract or derivative within the meaning of Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 onl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions common to mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management and with a supervisory board and management board

Article R322-55-3

I.-The Company's Articles of Association must specify an age limit for directors or Supervisory Board members, applying either to all directors or Supervisory Board members, or to a specified percenta…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions common to mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management and with a supervisory board and management board

Article R322-55-1

…he mutualist officers by the company, by the companies it controls within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code or by the company which controls, within the meaning of the same Artic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions common to mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management and with a supervisory board and management board

Article R322-55-4

…a specific agenda.The Chairman is bound by requests made to him under the two preceding paragraphs.2° The Chairman of the Supervisory Board must convene a meeting of the Board on a date no later than…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-7

…shall be directly accessible, via a secure telecommunications system:1° To the judicial authorities;2° To officers of the judicial police, in the context of proceedings concerning a crime of wilful bo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who hold evidence of formal qualifications issued by one of these States or by a third State and recognised by a Member State or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article R4221-13-5

…acting on behalf of the Minister for Health, will issue the licences provided for in articles L. 4221-14-1 and L. 4221-14-2, after obtaining the opinion of the practice licence commission referred t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-16-5 (art. A212-192-5)

…fety test is carried out in accordance with the provisions of a of II of appendix V of thedecree of 26 April 2013, relating to the specific training for the national Nordic cross-country ski instructo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-97-5

…f this report is defined for each field of activity by the decrees mentioned in II of article R. 4412-97. The technical files referred to in articles R. 1334-29-4 to R. 1334-29-6 of the Public Health…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Holders of a diploma from the Ecole des Techniques Thermales d'Aix-les-Bains.

Article D4321-33-5

…ssed the knowledge verification tests and that they are authorised to perform the acts mentioned in 2° ofarticle R. 4321-33.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Central bodies

Article R6147-5-1

…Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris, the representatives of the internal structures mentioned in 2° of I are replaced by the chairmen and vice-chairmen of the local institutional medical commission…

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